Star-crossed
2006
Book
Having been discovered as a stowaway as she tries to reach Barbados in 1760 to claim her father's estate, teenaged English orphan Patricia Kelley struggles to survive by learning to be a ship's doctor and by disguising herself as a man when necessary. Includes glossary of nautical terms.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9780553494846
- 9780375933639
- 0553494848
- 0375933638
Edition: First edition.
Description: 408 pages : map ; 22 cm
Other Title: Starcrossed
Notes:
- Publisher, pagination and printing dates may vary.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-408).
LCCN: 2005035826
Control Number: 146874
Publisher: New York : Knopf, [2006]Subjects:
- Orphans -- Fiction.
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.
- Seafaring life -- Fiction.
- Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction.
- Sex role -- Fiction.
- Sex role -- Juvenile fiction.
- Survival -- Fiction.
- Survival -- Juvenile fiction.
- West Indies -- History -- 16th century -- Fiction.
- West Indies -- History -- 16th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Fiction.